Sustainable North

From The Anchorage Daily News, Friday, July 23, 2010: Thanks to clever marketers, if I said I had a problem with ED, you might immediately have an idea what I’m talking about. But I have a problem with EE. It’s no cause for embarrassment — EE is a great thing. EE can save you money, [...]

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From The Associated Press, Thursday, July 22, 2010: Salmon processed at a Kodiak plant will be getting a new tag. Island Seafoods plans to tout the plant’s connection with sustainable energy on a new label. General manager John Whiddon tells the Kodiak Daily Mirror it may say, “sustainable fish produced by clean, sustainable wind turbine [...]

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ASK A BUILDER By CCHRC Staff The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life. Q: My home is starting to settle a little bit. What advice can you give on leveling a house? What is [...]

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From National Ge0graphic’s Green Guide: You recycle, ride a bike to work, and buy organic food. You pay extra for “green” electricity and have an eco-friendly car. So can you rest easy, with a clean conscience that your life is as sustainable as it can reasonably be? Well … although many of us try our [...]

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From treehugger.com: Low-tech Magazine, consistently highlighting how age-old low-tech solutions are thoroughly applicable in creating a more eco-friendly world, serves as a useful antidote to the usual high-tech hubris that infects much of the new green deal talk. A recent post on the newly established Traditional Knowledge Inventory is no exception. Though not fully fleshed [...]

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From Alaska Dispatch: According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Alaska Airlines is joining Boeing, a few northwest regional airports and Washington State University to study the feasibility of using biomass fuels in commercial aviation. The program, known as “Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest,”  is to investigate the creation of an aviation biofuel industry as one way for [...]

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From Mother Earth News, Friday, July 16, 2010: From napkins and servingware to bottles of wine and flowers for the table, there are dozens ways to unintentionally create waste (and find items you can spend money on) when hosting an event — whether you’re entertaining a few friends for dinner or throwing the shindig of the season. Fortunately, [...]

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ASK A BUILDER By CCHRC Staff The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life. Q: How can I get rid of carpenter ants without using toxic chemicals? Carpenter ants are tenacious creatures and once they [...]

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From The New York Times, Monday, July 12, 2010: The battle against mosquitoes is often fought with chemical repellents. DEET, the most popular choice, is highly effective, but it can be toxic, smelly and irritating. For those who prefer a chemical-free repellant, a plain and simple house fan just might do the trick. Studies have [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, July 13, 2010: The number of people who heat with wood in the Fairbanks North Star Borough is slowly rising, a new study shows. Researchers called 300 area households last winter and asked a series of questions, mostly regarding home heating habits. They found the number of borough households [...]

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